Eat Your Heart Out, Evel Knievel

Oh, sure, Evel Knievel is a big name in motorcycle stunts even now, long after he retired. He even once tried to jump (sort of) the Snake River Canyon. But his audaciousness (or insanity) never rose to this level! A 72 year-old British man attempted an even more ambitious, death-defying stunt of positively awe-inspiring proportions!

He tried to jump his car over The Solent, from the Isle of Wight to the mainland!

LONDON (AFP) - A 72-year-old man escaped with minor injuries when he drove his car over a 30 metre (100 foot) cliff before landing on the beach below, police said.

Terry Flynn was doubly lucky because his stepson, Andy Baldwin, was driving past when he saw the car veer across fields towards the drop and called the emergency services.

But Baldwin only realised who the driver of the car was when he rang Flynn's mobile phone later and was told to call a hospital accident and emergency department.

Now that takes guts! Or an incredibly bad sense of direction. We report, you guess the right answer. (You could guess that Flynn was extremely lucky and be quite correct.)